Originally Posted by
lewy
Are you permitted to operate a crane that will lift that much on your lineman ticket or do you need a special ticket? This is what's required up here.
A Hoisting Engineer is a person trained to maintain and operate the large cranes needed to lift, move and position heavy materials such as concrete, steel, gravel, construction supplies and machinery. They work at construction and industrial sites, ports, factories, warehouses, dockyards or rail yards.
This is a compulsory regulated trade in Ontario. This means it is compulsory for all workers who wish to practice in this trade attain trade certification. Detailed information on what this means is in this Guide on page 5, in the section on Certification requirements in Ontario.
The hoisting engineers trade is divided into three different categories, each with its own certification requirements:
* Branch 1, Mobile Crane Operators (also known as 339A Mobile Crane operators, unlimited capacity) , maintain and operate mobile cranes capable of raising, lowering or moving material that weighs more than 16,000 pounds (a lifting capacity of more than 15 tons or 13,636 kg.). There are many types of mobile cranes and there are a variety of attachments, that might fall into this category include (but are not limited to:
o pile driving cranes, which drive stakes into the earth to provide support for buildings and other structures
o cranes with dredging attachments to dredge waterways and other areas
o gantry cranes, which load and unload a ship's cargo
o locomotive cranes, which move objects and materials at railway yards
o bridge or overhead cranes, which lift, move and place plant machinery and materials
o offshore oil rig cranes, which unload and reload supply vessels
o cranes mounted on boats or barges, which lift, move and place equipment and materials
o dragline cranes, which expose coal seams and ore deposits at open pit mines.
* Branch 2, Mobile Crane Operators, (also known as 339C Mobile Crane operators) maintain and operate mobile cranes capable of raising, lowering or moving material that weighs more than 16,000 pounds but less than 30,000 pounds (a lifting capacity of eight to 15 tons, or 7,273 kg to 13,636 kg.).
Because of this they trained some guys to get there Branch 2 & also had trucks derated.